TAUTEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tauten mean? 

• TAUTEN (verb)
  The verb TAUTEN has 2 senses:

1. become taut or tauter

2. make taut or tauter

  Familiarity information: TAUTEN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAUTEN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they tauten    ... he / she / it tautens   
Past simple: tautened   
Past participle: tautened   
-ing form: tautening   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become taut or tauter

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

firm; tauten

Context example:

the rope tautened

Hypernyms (to "tauten" is one way to...):

tighten (become tight or tighter)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make taut or tauter

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

firm; tauten

Context example:

tauten a rope

Hypernyms (to "tauten" is one way to...):

fasten; tighten (make tight or tighter)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Oofty-Oofty took a turn on a bitt, the rope tautened, and the Ghost, lunging onward, jerked the cook to the surface.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)